Taking on the NCAA
The NCAA wants to keep politics off the field. College athletes shouldn’t let it.
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Watch Out, Walmart
Bernie Sanders is using his bully pulpit to take on capitalists that pay poverty wages. His latest target: the Walton family.
The Exercise of Power
The “class-struggle social democracy” of Bernie Sanders is exceedingly difficult to pull off. If he wins, he'll face structural pressure to compromise: administering a capitalist state requires maintaining corporate profits. We'll need to create our own pressure through strikes and protests.
The New York Times Goes to War, Again
Israeli state propaganda has found a home in the paper of record.
The Progressive Case for the SAT
If you believe in equality, you should defend the SAT.
From Climate Crisis to Solar Communism
The proposals elites are offering at COP21 wouldn't halt climate change. What would a socialist solution look like?
The Democratic Party Is a Ghost
Democratic Party elites don’t have ideals. They just need you to be scared of the Republicans.
The Useless Middlemen Making Prescriptions Unaffordable
Pharmacy benefit managers sit at the center of a four-way transaction between patients, insurers, drug manufacturers, and pharmacies. They’ve figured out how to skim profit from every single one of those relationships, explains Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
The Kids Still Love Bernie
Despite the hostility of the pundits, Bernie Sanders still has the most donors, the biggest reach, and the most young people supporting him.
The Kurdish Dilemma
Will the most promising democratic experiment in the Middle East be allowed to survive? The answer increasingly depends on the geopolitical whims of the Trump administration.
Planning for Disaster
Community climate-adaptation initiatives preserve and build on stark geographic inequalities.
The End of the United Kingdom?
Brexit has suddenly made Scottish independence and a united Ireland possible. What does it mean for the Left?
A School District Tried to Stifle COVID-19 Organizing by Suspending a Teacher. It Backfired.
San Antonio teacher Luke Amphlett says his administration punished him for organizing against an unsafe school reopening plan. But a campaign led by teachers, students, and community supporters drew on bonds of solidarity developed through years of organizing — and quickly got Amphlett back to work.
“Populism” and the Significance of Left and Right
In the United States, the Populist tradition has always defined left-wing and egalitarian politics, unfairly maligned by bosses and intellectuals alike.
Class Struggle at the Comedy Club
Canadian comedians figured out how to engage in collective action — and just won a major victory.
“Liberaltarianism” Is a Sideshow
No self-respecting left can make opposition to “rent-seeking” its focus.
John McCain and the Question of “Honor”
John McCain doesn’t deserve our praise. But his sense of "honor" resonated with many, even those who abhorred his politics. We can't ignore it.
Workers’ Only True Weapon
Strikes are essential for workers, which is why Cynthia Nixon pushed to legalize them for New York public-sector workers. That stance threatened bosses' interests — which is why Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, and even some union leaders pushed to keep them illegal.
Up From Liberalism
Only a forthright anticapitalism can end the reign of Third Way politics.
Reparations Isn’t a Political Demand
The reparations demand resides largely in the realm of the political imaginary. There are more effective means of fighting oppression.